Icon of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[Old Fart Cruisers]

42 minutes ago, Newcruiser215 said:

 

 

I don’t know if I’m more shocked at the price or the fact that someone already booked this for the inaugural sailing. 

 

I wonder if it is actually booked with a customer, or a non-revenue big shot to help promote the ship?

[Zeikah]

Ridiculous pricing.

 

$4,500 pp aussie dollars for ocean view balcony. Around 2850 usd 

 

Think I will hold off and wait to see if they bring the Wonder to Australia in 2024 like they are saying.

[little britain]

January 18, 2025

$3433.60 for a balcony for 2 on deck 12 incl D+ discount.  Or £3005 via UK site which is a few quid 💷 cheaper 
I’ll pass. 
 

Strangely they have put IVs as more expensive than oceanview balconies.

Edited October 24, 2022 by little britain

[Zeikah]

41 minutes ago, Zeikah said:

Ridiculous pricing.

 

$4,500 pp aussie dollars for ocean view balcony. Around 2850 usd 

 

Think I will hold off and wait to see if they bring the Wonder to Australia in 2024 like they are saying.

Just looked on the US website. I think we Aussies are being ripped off. 3723USD for balcony on deck 12. That would equate to around $5450AUD the same cabin/date on Australian website $8,717aud. 

[Ourusualbeach]

2 hours ago, rockmom said:

The bookings are open (it's 1:30 am eastern)  Prices are nuts, as expected.  

Still not open in cruising power

[Ourusualbeach]

17 minutes ago, little britain said:

Strangely they have put IVs as more expensive than oceanview balconies.

That's not surprising.  Infinite verandas on Celebrity are more than the regular balconies

Edited October 24, 2022 by Ourusualbeach

[little britain]

15 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Still not open in cruising power

Still no email from RCI telling their “loyal” customers that it’s open for sale..

[little britain]

15 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

That's not surprising.  Infinite verandas on Celebrity are more than the regular balconies

I certainly wouldn’t have an IV over a regular! 

[Tin can]

I'm genuinely shocked at the pricing on Icon, we (the two of us and our son) are booked in a Crown Loft Suite on Harmony doing a Western Caribbean for £6k in March 2024. A Western Caribbean in a Grand Suite on Icon at the same time is £15k.

 

I gather the suite experience is on a different level on Icon but a £9k different level I'm not so sure.

[Ourusualbeach]

Royal has not lifted many of the restrictions for booking.

 

2 guests looking to book an Oceanview balcony are limited to deck 12 and 14. For a CP Balcony they are limited to deck 14.

 

 

This is crazy, there are so few cabins that hold 2 guests on this ship, no way will they fill them all with 3 and 4 guests

[PompeySailor]

18 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Royal has not lifted many of the restrictions for booking.

 

2 guests looking to book an Oceanview balcony are limited to deck 12 and 14. For a CP Balcony they are limited to deck 14.

 

 

This is crazy, there are so few cabins that hold 2 guests on this ship, no way will they fill them all with 3 and 4 guests

WOW

Only one cabin left of the type we want,

Absolute crazy and that’s for 2025 

 

[Ourusualbeach]

25 minutes ago, PompeySailor said:

WOW

Only one cabin left of the type we want,

Absolute crazy and that’s for 2025 

 

Count us out for the time being.  Not paying these prices.  I have a feeling the only way I'm getting aboard is if I get lucky and get an invite to one of the 2 day preview sailings

[Blue Eyed Belfast Belle]

Completely out of my price range.  It will be a long while before I can afford to sail on Icon at these prices!!

 

Edited October 24, 2022 by Blue Eyed Belfast Belle

[NSnewcruiser]

So wanted to do the Jan 27th sailing but I'm not paying more for an interior then we paid for our junior suite on Oasis this past September. I know some will pay but I wonder if enough won't and they will lower the prices.

[Tin can]

3 minutes ago, NSnewcruiser said:

I know some will pay but I wonder if enough won't and they will lower the prices.

 

I think Icon's launch is not too dissimilar to Anthems in 2015 as they are both quite a radical change for Royal Caribbean. When Anthem launched in the UK there was a significant cost premium for her which was reduced when dynamic dining and no traditional promenade was not particularly warmly received.

 

I'm not saying the more family orientated, water parks, suite decks etc of Icon will have the same effect  but it is a shift more to families and suite guests by Royal. What is different though is  even if it did we are still 15 months away from Icon sailing with 15 months of heavy promotion.

 

By the time she sails she could be fully booked, you only had to look at how one of the inaugural sailing threads descended to realise that people are VERY passionate about her. 

 

I might be wrong but I don't see any lower prices coming.

 

 

 

[Nunagoras]

9 hours ago, topanga49er said:

That is interesting. You are right:  88% of the cabins on Icon hold more than two, so they probably have to do some adjustment...

 

Anyone else setting their alarm for midnight?

 

For off-season? Yeah! They already make those decisions all the day. Better to have a 4 beds cabin filled with 2, than empty!

 

So, now, let me to show such a growing trend here in Europe: 4 friends will book a regular hotel room that fits 4 and will just go by themselves. Some hotels are counteracting their "airbnb" like providers and offering shared rooms for 4 or 5 individuals inside.

 

That said; the Icon is a family/small group oriented ship. On peak season they'll just fill all those 3/4/5 guests per stateroom by the day. Out of season they may to entry the small young adults groupy thing like here in Europe these days. That's not either the problem.

 

I hope that for us, "traditionalists" the X/Princess/HAL/older RCI ships combo will just to suffix, filling our needs!... Oh; and NCL and MSC to an extent for the times being!...

[flamingos]

4 hours ago, Newcruiser215 said:

 

 

I don’t know if I’m more shocked at the price or the fact that someone already booked this for the inaugural sailing. 

Really stupid question - is this price for the entire townhouse, or is this per person?

[flamingos]

My page is showing interior cabins as sold out, and ocean view has only two cabins available, forward on Deck 10.  Only ocean view balconies, none with interior views.

[Florida Fan]

I wanted a balcony, but only 2 available on deck 14.  I'll have to wait.  Looks to me like someone has blocked everything.

[soremekun]

“If you build it, they will come.”

[shutterbug63]

Count us out on this one for now. I think they've lost their minds. Over $10k for a grand suite in the "off season" for a 7 day sailing?  Not happening. 

[soremekun]

5 hours ago, Newcruiser215 said:

 

 

I don’t know if I’m more shocked at the price or the fact that someone already booked this for the inaugural sailing. 

Please post this pic in the "To add some humour..." thread.  Price made me LOL.

[silentbob007]

$15k for a grand suite in February for me, wife, and child. Family suite on Surfside is 8k and is at least Sky Class but I know we are not spending that much for an interior balcony overlooking the splash pad. 

[Nunagoras]

At those suite prices being shown here, give me a regular Regent/Silversea/Seabourne/Hapag-Lloyd one by the day!... To each, his own!... Meanwhile they'll to sell them as far as there are interested ones on buying them. Regular launching season prices for a new ship, especially if 1st in class are always set to be higher than regular mainstream ones.

[Another_Critic]

44 minutes ago, Tin can said:

I think Icon's launch is not too dissimilar to Anthems in 2015 as they are both quite a radical change for Royal Caribbean. When Anthem launched in the UK there was a significant cost premium for her which was reduced when dynamic dining and no traditional promenade was not particularly warmly received.

 

Quantum maiden sailing in Oct. 2014 (a TA) was cheap.  Of course, it was a non-stop 8 night transatlantic with at least one international flight, so limited interest.

 

I don't know what the pricing was for Quantum's inaugural season at Cape Liberty.